Queer Fictions of the Past: History, Culture, and Difference (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

Type

Book

Authors

Scott Bravmann

ISBN 10

0521599075

ISBN 13

9780521599078

Tags

History, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Criticism & Theory, General, Gay & Lesbian, Literature, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies

Description

This is the first book to look at how lesbians and gays use history to define themselves as social, cultural, and political subjects. Bravmann shows how historical representations are dynamic conversations between past and present, creating individual and collective meanings. Exploring the theoretical and political ramifications of this project, he considers how historiography, ancient Greece, the Stonewall riots, and postmodern historical texts inform and reflect race, gender, class, and political differences in queer subjectivity. - from Amzon

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